The Washington critic., 1887-03-01
GENERAL AND CRIrICuLAR.

HORSE SENSE Df MEN or THE DAY.
We have, at great expense and uutiring
energy, captured the bone and sinew OF the
great American paragrapber In his lair
(comrositor will please not get the before
the 10 this word) and herewith present for
the benefit OF all concerned, the opinion OF
a large majority OF the Washington CORE
spondcnts on tho Presidents appointment
Of j. Monroe Trotter Of Massachusetts to
be Recorder Of Deeds for the District OF Co.
lumbia. Read them carefully and digest
them deliberately:
II he is a Trotter he can't be a thorough
brsd.-[Jay Durham tKentuckIan), N. Y.
World.
This is good dark horse.-[Col. Dun-
nell, N. Y. Times.
Trotter: Mugwump Coon: Sired by Bay
State; damned by the whole Democratic
party.-[H. d. F. MacFarland, Boston
Herald.
Cleveland has made bad break with bis
Trotter.-lJohn $. shriver, Baltimore
American.
The President seems determined TO make
II race question.-lA. W. Lyman, n. Y.
Sun.
This Trotter lie no good to ruu.-[O. o.
Stealey, Louisville Courier-Journal.
lnever bet on Trotter.-[Jesse Sarvis,
Journalist.
This Trotter Is entered for the season
Of 1sss.--[T. q. Hannum, Pittsburg Post.
lie is Capital Trotter.-( Frank Rich
aIdson, Baltimore Sun.
He will be left at the Post.-[D. Lewslsy,
Washington Post
This 1r, tier " III find the Senate track too
heavy for him. john Miller, Evening
Star.
This appointment IL entirely without
mare-t.-[H. V. Boynton, Commercial.
The President shouldn't always be nag
glpg at the District.-I MsJor Clark, N. Y.
Tribune.
He appears to be Trotter without o
record.-lCol. Ayres, Kansas City Tines.
He looks as II he would be n stay-here as
a Trott.r.-[C. ]. Hayes, Associated Press.
II be is u Trotter, let him trot back to
Massac chusetts. = Major Stofer, Detroit
Free Press.
The appointment Of this Trotter will
make Senator Ingalls, and other Republi-
cans a little sulky.-IColonel Sam Johnson,
Cincinnati Enquirer.
Cleveland has renigged. t Richard Nixon,
N. O. Times Democrat.
Hope this Trotter is not a dun or a chest.
nu'. H. NJ. Hood, Associated Press.
Tie Recorders office seems to be corn
sideied good paster'n for the freedmen.
-[C. II. Gray, st. Paul Pioneer Press.
The entry Of this Trotter does not accord
with the last Chicago meeting.-[F. A. G.
Handy, Chicago Times.
He ought to be ruled of the track.-[G.
neazelton, San Francisco Chronicle.
Has this Trotter got tar heels'-[Cicero
W. Harris, Goldsborough IN. C.) Messen-
ger.
A Trotter will capture the Recorders
stakes in the city and suburban. Diok
Weightman, New York Star.
This Boston Trotter is dark horse. He
won the heat with the aid Of running mate,
Matthews, but suspect that the race and
stakes will finally be given to another entry.
The Senatorial Judges will probably bar
Mr.. Mugwump, who Is the Trotter's owner,
of the track.-[Charles +. Towle, Boston
Traveller.
His colors are the same as those OF the
previous entry.-[G. Martin, Philadelphia
Press.
He is not as black as he is painted.
-[James Morgan, Boston Globe.
] don't know anything about horses.
-[Charles W. Knapp, st. Louis Republican.
| This offense is rank, and smells to
heaven.-[Colonel o'Brien, United Press.
Who the devil is Trotter III. s. Under
wood, Boston Advertiser.
| Grover plays the black every time for q
winner.-[Fred Mussey, Cincinnati Com
mercial Gazette.
The District demands Protection.-[R. p
Porter, Philadelphia Press.
Hung be the heavens with black.-[P. V
DE Graw, United Press.
As Massachusetts, contributed rather
slow coach In Endicott, is 1t expected tina
hitchiDg Massachusetts Trotter to 1t will
improve matters Y-[Colonel l.. @. Washing
ton, New Orleans Picayune.
What lie needs is an obituary poem
-[Major Carson, Philadelphia Ledger.
VIII the President ride a Trotter TO
exercise ?-[Perry Heath, United Press.
It's fine day for the race.-[F. II. Eich
ardsop, Atlanta Constitution.
N. G.-"Nig's goot"-[Paul Wolff, N.
staats- -Zeitung.
Why didn't Grover 90 to Kentucky for
Trotter r?-[C. E. Kincaid, Louisville Times
The Senate gave Matthews the troi: til
President gives the Senate the Trotter
-[Jules Guthridge, N. Y. Herald.
This Trotter will try to make 1t from Bos
ton to Cleveland In 2:40.-[w. B. Stevens
st. Louis Globe Democrat.
Trotter OUTFIT. B. Kirby, N. Y. Journu
OF Commerce.
Go!-[Frank Carpenter, American Pres
Association.
Distanced, by thunder INV. E. Curtii
Chicago Inter- Ocean.
The race is off.-[C. 7. Murray, Pittsbur
Dispatch.
II he is high Trotter he may throw h
rider.-tO. p. Austin, Cincinnati Time
Star.
"To win the race for such o place;
The Recosder should be o Trotter,
is not that proper?'
Matthews, first chapter and second r,
verse.-[H. A. Preston, New York Herald
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